Springfield-based Peter Pan Bus Lines to end partnership with Greyhound

SPRINGFIELD -- Peter Pan Bus Lines will end its partnership with Greyhound next month after nearly 19 years.

The two bus lines have sold co-branded tickets on either carrier throughout the northeast. The two companies have also coordinated routes and schedules since October of 1998.

The partnership ends Sept. 27, according to an announcement on the Peter Pan website. The move will allow Peter Pan to offer paperless boarding on all its routes, more express service and to be on-time more often, according to the company.

Peter Pan tested bus-side scanning of paperless tickets, but Greyhound required passengers to have a printed ticket even if they bought online.

Peter Pan Bus Lines plans to shift its Springfield hub to the newly rebuilt Union Station around Labor Day.

Peter Pan carries 6 million to 7 million passengers a year over a territory from New England south to Washington and west to Albany.